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GLORY GLORY

Northside Theater at the Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA

FRONT | LINE | THEATRE presents

GLORY GLORY
based on The Shewings of Julian of Norwich and the Boke of Margery Kempe

TICKETS: $15-25 sliding scale ($10 w/ student ID).
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Fri June 18, Sat June 19, Fri June 25, Sat June 26: 8PM
Sun June 20: 7PM / Sun June 27: 2PM

The Northside Theater at Fort Mason Center
Fort Mason Center Building D, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, California 94123
Information/Directions: frontlinetheatre.org

GLORY GLORY begins in England in 1415, when Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe of Lynn, the two earliest known women authors to write in English, met. But GLORY GLORY, like Julian and Margery's books, twists through history and memory with the dizzying torque that comes from close contact with divinity: both authors claim to have seen, spoken with, smelled, and (in Margery's case) married Jesus Christ.

After her visions, Julian locked herself into a small room and stayed inside it for her entire life, endlessly breaking her memories of Jesus into precisely numbered patterns. After hers, Margery toured Europe, publicly and loudly weeping for her many followers' sins, exhorting them to live in worshipful chastity, even as her frustrated husband pressured her into fourteen pregnancies. To rise to glory, both women had to rely on error-prone priestly scribes in order to circulate truths that would not stay put, in a suspicious England where preaching the wrong things could get a girl burned.

A frenetic, thoughtful, and often hilarious physical theatre production, GLORY GLORY draws its dialogue, movement, images, and haunting poetry from Julian and Margery's Middle English prose, to explore what these women had to learn from each other about writing, belief, and strength. And the role of Jesus will be played by a different audience volunteer each night (to volunteer, visit frontlinetheatre.org).

GLORY GLORY is part of the In Performance Series at the Fort Mason Center, which is supported by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Note: Ticket price is sliding scale $15-25. This performance has nudity and adult language/content. The Northside Theater is located on the third floor of Building D of the Fort Mason Center, at the intersection of Marina Blvd and Buchanan St. Enter "Marina Blvd and Buchanan St, SF" into your GPS or mapping application. Be sure you enter the Fort Mason Center at the west gate (at Marina and Buchanan) then follow the signs to Building D. From Montgomery BART, take the 30-Stockton Muni from Kearny & Geary toward Broderick & Beach. Get off at Chestnut & Laguna, then walk north on Laguna to the west gate. For more detailed directions, visit http://www.fortmason.org/aboutus/visitor-information/directions or frontlinetheatre.org.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Contact

Who:	Front Line Theatre
Phone:	(510) 457-1619
Email:	frontlinetheatre@gmail.com
Web:	http://frontlinetheatre.org
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